52 Pick-Up
Cannon Film Distributors | Release Date: November 7, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
52 Pick-Up loses its sense of social texture in the last third when everyone begins to die by decree of formulaic three-act screenwriting, and its indifference to the plight of Harry’s wife (Ann-Margret) is unseemly, but the film is an often nightmarish gem awaiting rediscovery. Read full review
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LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen
Oddly inert, except when it’s blithely nasty, 52 Pick-Up may very well suffer from mismatched sensibilities: those of grim thriller director John Frankenheimer and witty crime novelist Elmore Leonard. Read full review
50
Washington PostRita Kempley
52 PICK-UP is "Death Wish" for yuppies...But all the slime and grime can't camouflage the sameness of this standard, divide-and-conquer story. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
One of the most downright sleazy major films in recent memory, 52 PICK-UP works mainly because of its vivid villains, who are more intriguing than the hero. Glover is superb as the totally amoral blackmailer who uses his superior intelligence to keep his dimmer comrades in check. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
52 Pick-Up is a thriller without any thrills. Although director John Frankenheimer stuffs as much action as he can into the screen adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel (previously filmed by Cannon in Israel in 1984 as The Ambassador), he can't hide the ridiculous plot and lifeless characters. Read full review
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